Following in the success of iTunes’ Watchmen Motion Comic, it appears Hulu will be releasing at least the first arc of Joss Whedon’s run on the Astonishing X-Men in the same manner.  The “Gifted” arc, which haphazardly was chopped up and mixed into the X3 movie, introduces a ‘cure’ for mutation.  But at least with this, you may actually care about what happens.

This is probably the best I’ve seen done with the motion comic concept.  Everything is pretty fluid, even with the 3d effect being a tad jarring.

Hit the jump for the first chapter.